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Tryphosuchus fossil map

Where fossils of Tryphosuchus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 252 million years ago and on today’s map.

Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 252 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →

Tryphosuchus
Image: Dmitry Bogdanov, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
GroupEarly tetrapods & amphibians
Lived266.9–256.8 million years ago (Wordian to Wuchiapingian)
PeriodsPermian
FamilyArchegosauridae
Named byKonzhukova 1955
Fossil records3 occurrences at 3 locations (PBDB)
Found inRussia
Rock formationsAmanakskaya, txn:37057

About Tryphosuchus

Tryphosuchus is an extinct genus of temnospondyl amphibian known from the Isheevo Assemblage Zone and Amanakskaya Formation, European Russia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Tryphosuchus (revision 1283166057), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q7848788.

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